We can’t live without being digitally connected in Shanghai and without a doubt it’s such a beautiful city for taking photos at stunning venues to share with friends. IPWS aims to provide many different platforms to connect, build networks, while fostering personal and professional growth and throughout 2016 we’ve expanded our communications channels to reflect our growing & evolving professional community. So we’d love to share our news & events with you, in all the ways you like to get your […]
Are you looking for some personal career advice? Or maybe you’re getting ready to launch your own business? There’s something for everyone in November! Be sure to check out our entire calendar and if you feel like giving back to our IPWS community of professional women, it’s not too late to join our growing list of volunteers. SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER – Mentor Walks Winter is coming, so November’s Mentor Walks will be our final session for 2016! A wonderful way […]
October always starts with Golden Week in China, and this year IPWS started the month with Mentor Walks in Jingan Park and wrapped up with an event where you helped us launch our new Volunteer Crew! Each month, we like to share what happened in the previous weeks with this update titled ‘In Case You Missed It – AKA ICYMI’, and here’s what happened in October: Mentor Walks in Jingan Park was another wonderful morning of new connections and inspiring […]
Exciting news! International Professional Women’s Society officially launched the IPWS Volunteer Crew! Last week at a vibrant spot in Shanghai, IPWS held its first Volunteer Event to find active members and newcomers to support our team and operations. As you may know, IPWS is a globally influential community of women with diverse professional backgrounds. We provide members of our community with different platforms to connect, build networks, and foster personal and professional growth … and now our latest initiative is to […]
In our 5 Minutes With… series, we’re speaking to remarkable women about their career highlights, challenges, who they admire and advice they have for other women. In this edition of 5 Minutes With…, we’re featuring Eu-Niz Chan, Consul for Economic Policy at the Australian Consulate General. We were fortunate to host her at Navigating Borders: Women on the International Stage event on October 19. Read on! My biggest career hurdle was: Believing that I wasn’t good enough to do something! My advice to female young […]
In our 5 Minutes With… series, we’re speaking to remarkable women about their career highlights, challenges, who they admire and advice they have for other women. In this edition of 5 Minutes With…, we’re featuring Guergana Guermanoff, the Consul-General, New Zealand Consulate Shanghai. We were fortunate to host her at Navigating Borders: Women on the International Stage event on October 19. Read on! My biggest career hurdle was: I left government and went to work for an advisory firm, which was working with a […]
What an amazing evening! Over 40 IPWS members and friends met to mix, mingle and learn about the exciting lives of diplomats. We were thrilled to welcome many new faces to this event. Our distinguished guests were Ana Candida Perez, Consul-General of Brazil; Therese Healy, Consul-General | Consulate General of Ireland; Guergana Guermanoff, New Zealand Consul-General; and Eu-Niz Chan, Consul for Economic Policy, Australian Consulate General. Moderating the discussion was Lee Kane, Consul for Political, Economic and Public Affairs with the Consulate General […]
IPWS is so happy to introduce Epermarket as our newest annual sponsor and today we’d like to share a little more about the online supermarket that makes life in Shanghai easy and delicious! Jean Yves Lu is the founder and CEO of Epermarket, an online supermarket that focuses on providing expats in Shanghai and surrounding areas with safe, high-quality groceries. It Started With an Idea After living and working in France for many years, Jean Yves decided to move himself […]
In May eco&more join International Professional Women’s Society as an annual sponsor! We want to send our warm thank you to founder Jeni Saeyang & her team for their ongoing support and we wanted to share Jeni’s story with you. Here’s a Q&A below, but make sure you visit the eco&more store at K11! 1 The origin of eco&more is that you want to add the eco-friendly products for Chinese customers? Do you find any changes in the past 5 […]
